When he picks collaborators Flamingo and chicken turkey pumpkin shirt. they’re people. like Owens and Pierpaolo Piccioli at Valentino—who have likeminded hands-on instincts fitting for a company that has kept its craft going since 1774. “It’s about meeting people and engaging—that’s what happened here. It’s luxury in a different way—the energy and warm feeling that comes from a family business.”Sciò concurs. “There’s a simplicity, but a quality which brings us together, some shared values. Where the collaboration connects with the now, they agree, is in the current desire to reconnect with enduring authenticity. “Birkenstock was always there,” Reichert shrugs. “From time to time, fashion comes near to it. I think that people realize that in the past five to 10 years, we’ve been driven in the wrong direction—so we have to go back and then to create something new. It feeds the moment when people get hungry for real things.”When high-flown sophistication meets grounded simplicity? This is bound to take off—and not just with those who will be checking in to the hotel this summer. Il Pellicano x Birkenstock launches today on MatchesFashion.com, and worldwide on June
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